UPDATE: On September 1, 2010, the USDA announced it will issue permits for farmers to grow GMO sugar beets, so long as the plants don't flower, per news reports.

By Cassandra AndersonRevised August 20, 2010*

Last week, federal Judge Jeffrey White refused a request for an injunction on GMO sugar beets, but the GMO plants are illegal to grow at this time, pending an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by the USDA and possible further legal action. Sugar beets comprise 50% of the sugar used in US food, and 95% of the sugar beets grown in the US are GMO. It is the jurisdiction of the US Department of Agriculture to determine whether plants are environmentally safe; this case is about whether the plants can cross pollinate (by wind, insects, etc) and contaminate other plants.

Less than 2 weeks ago, wild growing canola in North Dakota was discovered to be 86% GMO. Because GMO crops are crossed with herbicide resistant plants (usually weeds), they grow like weeds and contaminate natural plants. Alarmingly, two of the canola samples collected by scientists showed that multiple genes from different species of GMO canola plants cross pollinated without cultivation, and probably for several generations. The implication of this is that GMO seeds can readily contaminate natural seeds and become out of control.

The GMO alfalfa ban lawsuit about contamination was the first GMO case ever heard by the Supreme Court, despite countless lawsuits from farmers whose fields have been polluted by GMOs. The sugar beet ban was overturned, based on a Supreme Court decision (7-1), which lifted the nationwide ban on GMO alfalfa in June.

The Supreme Court ruling stated that the nationwide GMO alfalfa ban was too broad, so it was lifted; an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to be performed by the USDA is still pending and it is currently illegal to grow GMO alfalfa plants.. GMO crops are environmentally dangerous because they can readily spread, as proven by the wild GMO plants found in North Dakota. The Supreme Court never ruled on the issue of whether GMO plants contaminate natural plants through cross pollination.

Remember that the appointed Supreme Court judges collect their paychecks from the federal government. The USDA co-owns a patent with Monsanto for the 'Terminator' gene (which make seeds go sterile after one harvest). Is the Supreme Court's loyalty to the federal government, in this case protecting the 'Terminator' patent owned by the USDA and its business-partner Monsanto, or is their loyalty to the American people?

The Supreme Court has never accepted a GMO food safety case, which falls under the jurisdiction of the corrupt FDA. Organ damage and sterility have been linked to a GMO food diet in lab animals.

Many of the organizations that represent farmers whose farms appear to be compromised. For instance, Andrew Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety has another tax-exempt organization that is pursuing the removal of natural colloidal silver from public use and has accepted $1.75 million from the John Merck Fund, which has ties to the Rockefellers, who have been major financiers of biotechnology and food control for decades.

According to their own website, Earthjustice has a $30 million budget and they support the Sierra Club's mission against what they call the "overriding threat of spiraling population growth and over consumption", and a major objective is population control.

Monsanto's GMOs, which no one would want if they fully understood the health and contamination dangers, have thoroughly infiltrated America's farms and food supply by way of government regulations, which is how monopolies are created. The Rockefellers have practiced food control for generations and fund biotechnology. The US government has worked in opposition to farmers and public health in granting Monsanto patents on seeds, thus enabling Monsanto's licensing agreements with farmers that keep the farmers paying royalties even after they stop growing Monsanto products. The United Nations has been complicit in spreading GMO seeds across the world through WTO regulations and other means. Many environmental NGOs are accredited through the UN, "non-profit" organizations (tax-exempt is a better description because many of these 501(c)3 organizations reap plenty of profits) and tax-exempt foundations all work together to pursue the Agenda 21 Sustainable Development goals of depopulation and total control, using the environment as the excuse. For the full analysis of Food & Depopulation, please click on these links:

1. Injunction: Plaintiffs requested a permanent injunction (also called a "ban") on planting GMO sugar beets, and the Judge rejected the request on August 16. No immediate "ban" on further planting, cultivation and processing has been imposed. Judge White referred the matter back to the USDA to perform an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).

The USDA APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) was responsible for approving the GMO sugar beet seed for selling and planting in 2005, and they have been directed to provide the EIS.

In the GMO sugar beet case Judge White stated that "...APHIS's apparent position that it is merely a matter of time before they reinstate the same deregulation decision, or a modified version of this decision, and thus apparent perception that conducting the requisite comprehensive review is a mere formality, causes some concern that the Defendants are not taking this process seriously."

The EIS will be performed by APHIS despite Judge White's seemingly low opinion of APHIS.

2. Vacating Deregulation: Federal Judge White did vacate the USDA order to deregulate GMO sugar beets; deregulation is the free sale and planting of the GMO seeds. Because Judge White vacated the GMO sugar beet deregulation, these plants are now regulated and there is a "ban"; they must undergo an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) under the authority of the USDA APHIS.

• The Sugar Biotech Council interpreted this to mean that the Court's order does not interfere with the harvest and processing of Roundup Ready sugar beet crops planted before the date of the order, August 13. They also said that the harvested sugar may be supplied to the market without limitation.

Further, the council said that under the GMO alfalfa Supreme Court ruling, APHIS could adopt interim measures to allow plantings next season.

• One of the Plaintiffs, the Center for Food Safety, interpreted the ruling to mean that "the Court officially 'vacated' the the USDA 'deregulation' of Monsanto's biotech sugar beets and prohibited any future planting and sale pending the agency's compliance with NEPA and all other relevant laws."

APHIS DEREGULATION PROCESS:

US Department of Agriculture's APHIS identifies GMO plants as "plant pests". In order to remove regulations from GMO "plant pests", the GMO manufacturer petitions APHIS if it believes that their plants are not "plant pests". APHIS is required to analyze the potential impact of that GMO plant on the environment. Generally, APHIS files a brief EA (Environmental Assessment), but if it determines that the seeds could significantly affect the environment, it must complete a detailed EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).

APHIS failed to perform an EIS on GMO alfalfa before deregulating it and an injunction was placed on GMO alfalfa, so it went to the Supreme Court, with Monsanto as the Plaintiff. Both sides claimed victory in the Supreme Court's decision.

• Monsanto contended that they won the case because the nationwide injunction was reversed.

• The Center for Food Safety claimed victory because GMO alfalfa is now regulated until it is approved by APHIS after they conduct an EIS.

The process of GMO approval/ deregulation was the disputed issue, not the safety of the GMO plant. However, the dissenting judge John Paul Stevens did mention that planting should wait until the problem of gene flow could be prevented.

After APHIS completed a draft of the EIS, that determined GMO alfalfa was "unlikely to pose a plant pest risk", Geertson Seed Farm responded by arguing that incorrect conclusions were drawn from the data by APHIS, and the case went to the Supreme Court. Click here for document citing flaws in the EIS

CONGRESS:

According to an article from the GMO Journal, 75 members of Congress signed a letter urging the USDA to allow limited planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa while it completes the EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).

It appears that some key members of Congress are now urging the USDA to allow limited planting of GMO alfalfa.

The Sugar Industry Biotech Council has indicated that APHIS could adopt interim measures to allow planting of GMO sugar beet seeds, based on the Supreme Court decision.

As previously pointed out in the earlier article, the USDA has a vested interest in Monsanto, as they co-own a patent on the Terminator gene. APHIS, an agency of the USDA will be performing the EIS reports for both GMO plants.

*Due to a material error, this article was corrected on 8/18/10 and revised on 8/20/10,with apologies to anyone who was inconvenienced about this complicated matter in which both sides have used plenty of 'spin'.

the pov of this site is sick, appoaching this issue by explaining the mind of the murderers. These people are murderers, mass murderers and don't deserve any sympathy. The globalist nazis are just old fashoned murderers and should be treated as such

the pov of this site is sick, appoaching this issue by explaining the mind of the murderers. These people are murderers, mass murderers and don't deserve any sympathy. The globalist nazis are just old fashoned murderers and should be treated as such

Wow! Karl, you have a gross misunderstanding about this website. Where do you see ANY reference to sympathy for the depopulation advocates? The point and purpose of the website is to shine a light on deception, and to explain the mechanisms that the power elites use, in order to find solutions. Please read the 4 part series on "Food and Depopulation" linked at the bottom of this article.

Sirius: It's not so simple as just not buying or eating GM sugar beets. As a long time organic grower and seedsaver, I know that the beet is one crop whose pollen is so fine that even those tightly screened pollination cages are not adequate to protect from alien beet pollen. I grow our own beets, and also save their seed the following year, so I must now be even more wary about some neighbor, even several miles away, who might be doing a beet growout for seed. These are many of the details that our Not-So-Supreme Court is ignoring.Linda

Sirius is right. The people (you) have two options.1. Eat what you are told, whether it's bad for you or not2. Take control of your lives by simply ORGANIZING! It's the best weapon we have and it can't be BEET! pun intended.

Is there a link available to the overturn of the decision? It was banned on Friday the 13th and would have been overturned on Monday the 16th but I can find no report or documentation to support this claim.I would really like to know if it is in fact true.